Am J Transplant, Volume 16, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 142 of 180 - ATC Abstracts

2016 American Transplant Congress
Vaccination Status and Titers Before and After Pediatric Renal Transplantation: An Analysis of the CERTAIN Registry.
B. Höcker,¹ M. Aguilar,¹ P. Schnitzler,² L. Pape,² L. Dello Strologo,² N. Webb,² M. Bald,² G. Genc,² H. Billing,² J. König,² A. Büscher,² F. Thiel,² S. Marks,² M. Pohl,² M. Wigger,² R. Topaloglu,² A. Fichtner,¹ S. Rieger,¹ K. Krupka,¹ B. Tönshoff.¹
¹University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany; ²CERTAIN Research Community, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Germany.
Purpose:Prevention of systemic viral and bacterial infections by effective vaccination in kidney allograft recipients is of vital importance, but data on the vaccination status in…
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Incidence of Post-Transplant Cardiovascular Disease After Pediatric Kidney Transplantation.
O. Serrano,¹ A. Bangdiwala,² D. Vock,² W. Payne,¹ T. Dunn,¹ S. Chinnakotla,¹ E. Finger,¹ R. Kandaswamy,¹ T. Pruett,¹ A. Matas,¹ B. Chavers.³
¹Surgery, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ²Biostatistics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN; ³Pediatrics, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
PURPOSE: Kidney transplant (KTx) recipients have increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), related to time on dialysis and post-KTx immunosuppression. To date, the incidence of…
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Efficacy of Nine National Policies Reimbursing and Incentivizing Live Organ Donation.
V. Apte, S. Fry-Revere.
American Living Organ Donor Network, Lovettsville, VA.
Background: Organ shortage is a massive global issue, and the high costs of living organ donation only exacerbate the problem. In order to encourage citizens…
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Pediatric Liver Transplant Exception Request Narratives – How Do We Justify Requests?
H. Braun,³ S. Rhee,¹ J. Dodge,² J. Roberts,² E. Perito.¹
¹Pediatrics, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ²Surgery, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA; ³School of Medicine, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
Purpose: Over 50% of pediatric liver transplant (LT) candidates receive exceptions to increase PELD/MELD; more than [frac12] are non-standard exception requests (NSER) based on narrative…
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Outcome of Partial Reconstruction of Multiple Hepatic Arteries in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation Using Left Lateral Section Grafts.
K. Lee, K. Kim, S. Kim, J. Lee, J. Lee, N. Lee, C. Cho, S. Lee, G. Choi, C. Kwon, J.-W. Joh, S.-K. Lee.
Department of Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
In pediatric end-stage liver disease patients, the use of partial liver grafts from adult living donors has been increasing for liver transplantation due to a…
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Urinary CXCL9 Protein as Biomarker for BK Polyoma Viremia.
N. Sarabu,¹ R. El-Rifai,² J. Augustine,¹ A. Padiyar,¹ A. Huml,¹ T. Young,¹ V. Rodriguez,¹ D. Hricik.¹
¹Division of Nephrology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; ²Comprehensive Transplant Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
Introduction: BK infection is common in kidney transplant patients and can result in accelerated loss of allografts. Management involves empiric lowering of immunosuppression, which can…
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Standard Dose Valganciclovir Prophylaxis for High-Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients Reduces Incidences of Breakthrough and Resistant Cytomegalovirus Infection.
Y. Huang, J. Park, A. Naik, D. Kaul.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Background: Valganciclovir (VGCV) 900 mg/day is the standard dose (SD) for CMV prophylaxis in patients with CrCl > 60 ml/min, although some transplant centers use…
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Post-Transplantation Hypomagnesemia as a Predictor of Survival Among the Kidney Transplant Population.
T. Hod, B. Patibandla, A. Chandraker.
Transplant Research Center, Brigham and women's hospital, Boston, MA.
We have previously shown a robust relationship between low magnesium in the first year post-transplant and better long-term kidney allograft function. Given this somewhat counterintuitive…
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Evaluation of the Utilization of Filgrastim in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
T. Poon,¹ C. Guerra.²
¹Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY; ²Pharmacy, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Purpose: Granulocyte colony-stimulating factors (G-CSF), such as filgrastim, stimulate the production, proliferation, and differentiation of neutrophils and are indicated for the treatment of neutropenia in…
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Hepatitis C Eradication with Sofosbuvir Based Regimens Leads to Significant Metabolic Changes in Post Orthotopic Liver Transplant Patients.
A. Morales,¹ M. Singla,² H. Greenwald,¹ S. Robertazzi,¹ C. Rodigas,¹ V. Washington,¹ R. Satoskar,¹ C. Smith.¹
¹MedStar Transplant Institute, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC; ²Gastroenterology Service, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD.
The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) eradication with sofosbuvir based regimens on glycemic and lipid control…